Disintegration of Muslim Societies: Unity is the Need of the Hour

These lines of Allama Iqbal are invigorating enough to rock the foundations of uncorroborated casteism and naive sectarianism prevalent among the Muslims.
According to Allama, “Islam is non-territorial in character”. The very principle of unshakeable foundation of Islam is equality. Equality in all spheres.

In today’s scenario, to face challenges put forth on the Muslim world, unification is needed. Unity not only in terms of caste but the parasite of various sects should also be evacuated to achieve oneness.
Today, Muslims in Indian sub continent (perhaps because of the influence of other religions) have divided themselves into Ashrafs, Ajlafs and Arzals. Islam spread in India through invaders, so, the portion of Indian muslims who trace their lineages back to these invaders consider themselves as ‘Ashrafs’ – the noble ones. Ashrafs include Syeds, Pathans, Mughals and Sheikhs. The descendents of the indigenous population which was converted by the influence of these invaders are called ‘Ajlafs’—the lowly. Yet, one more category exists shamelessly, the ‘Arzals’—the degraded ones.

It is ironical that this is the Ummah of the same prophet who had long ago declared

“O people! Indeed your lord is one and father is one. Indeed their no superiority of an Arab over a Non-Arab, nor of a non- Arab over Arab, nor of a white over a black, nor of a black over a white.”

The Muslims of today are butchering other Muslims and have become insensitive to the agony of their brethren. The so called upper caste Muslims are trying to establish their supremacy on the grounds of inheritance and lineage which is straightforwardly refuted by Allah and his Prophet (Infinite peace be upon Him).

Not only this division but a major sectarian crisis also plagues the beautiful ambiance of Muslim society. The categorisation as Shias, Sunnis, Barelvis, Deobandi, Ahle Hadees and Jamat e Islami is worsening enough for declension. As this problem was clearly manifested by Allama Iqbal in his famous couplets

Be it the current turmoil in the Middle East or upheavals in the Muslims societies nations, the root cause of these uncertainties lies in the self made divisions and ignoring straightaway the basic tenets of Islam.
Until unless we realise that we all are petals of the same garland, the aestivation or complete inactiveness can’t be eradicated. We need to free ourselves and break the shackles of castes and sects to unite under the flag of Islam. It is the piousness and purity of heart that gets counted before the almighty and not purity of races. If these were so, the prophet would not have preferred the black African (Hazrat Bilal Habshi RaziAllah Ta’ala Anhu) to make the call for prayer.

Our aim should be to furnish a model for ultimate amalgam of humanity by bringing together different strands of mutually repellent races from the entire globe.

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